Bio & Contact

Angelo Vermeulen is a visual artist, filmmaker, biologist, author, activist, and DJ. His research in ecology, environmental pollution and teratology informs his art, which includes bio installations, experimental setups incorporating living organisms and sci-fi references. His projects include ‘Blue Shift’, a Darwinian art project in collaboration with biologist Prof. Luc De Meester, and ‘Biomodd’, a worldwide series of cross-cultural, symbiotic installations fusing game culture, ecology and social interaction. Next to developing a new experimental cinameproject based on biologically infected electronics, he currently also collaborates with the MELiSSA life support division of the European Space Agency. Vermeulen co-authored the book 'Baudelaire in Cyberspace: Dialogues on Art, Science and Digital Culture’, with art philosopher Antoon Van den Braembussche, and lectures throughout Europe, Southeast Asia and North America. 

1993/1998

PhD in Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium/Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium/University of Copenhagen, Denmark

1994/1998

Photography studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Leuven, Belgium

2001/2003

Postgraduate studies at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

2004/2010

Thesis Advisor, Sint-Lucas Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium

2005/2007

Film and Video Art studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts DKO, Antwerp, Belgium

2007

Starts Biomodd, a worldwide cross-cultural installation project in which ecology, community building and game culture creatively converge

2007

Artist in residence, The Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

2008

Starts Translucent Futures, an artistic research project dealing with the abrasion of civil rights and privacy through digital technologies

2008

Artist in residence, Nadine, Brussels, Belgium

2008

Publishes 'Baudelaire in Cyberspace', his first major book on art, science and digital culture, written in partnership with philosopher Antoon Van den Braembussche

2008/2009

Artist in residence, FoAM, Brussels, Belgium

2009

Artist in residence, University of the Philipinnes Open University, Los Baños, Philippines

2009/2010

Adjunct Professor New Media Art Practice, University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, Philippines

 

Contact 

Email

[my full name without a dot] [at] inbox.com

Tel

+32 (0)3 7668999

Fax

+32 (0)3 7662457

 

Exhibitions 

Solo exhibitions/screenings (selection) 

2009
FLUXspace, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Los Baños & Manila (Philippines) 

2008
Union Arts, Athens, OH (US) 

2007
Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH (US)
The Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Athens, OH (US) 

2005
Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk (Belgium) 

Group exhibitions/screenings/performances (selection) 

2009
‘Burning Ice’, Kaaitheater, Brussels (Belgium)
‘Retroweek Breakdown Party’, OCCII/Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
‘Snow Play’, C-Base/transmediale.09, Berlin (Germany)
‘The game is up! How to save the world in 10 days’, Vooruit, Ghent (Belgium) 

2008
‘C’est ouVert’, Plouec-du-Trieux (France)
‘Changing Matters. The Resilience Art Exhibition’, Mejan Labs, Stockholm (Sweden)
‘COASTOMIZE! and other MIXED REALITIES’, Prov. Archaeological Museum, Velzeke (Belgium)
‘New York International Independent Film and Video Festival’, New York (US)
‘Lab. Een multimediaal proefstation’, Recyclart, Brussels (Belgium)
‘Victorian Circus IV’, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
‘Videoformes’, Clermont-Ferrand (France) 

2007
‘Artes Digitales’, BUDA, Kortrijk (Belgium)
‘Budafest’, BUDA, Kortrijk (Belgium)
‘Enter the FRONT-night’, Z33, Hasselt (Belgium)
‘GOGBOT’, Enschede (Netherlands)
‘Luminous Green’, FoAM, Brussels (Belgium)
‘Manualcc’, Kronika Gallery, Bytow (Poland)
‘Multispeak’, De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium)
Namahn, Brussels (Belgium)
‘NanoNu’, Flemish Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
‘Open Archive #1’, Argos, Brussels (Belgium)
‘Post Paulo Futurum’, Museum of Breda, Breda (Netherlands) 

2006
'Art+Game', iMAL, Brussels (Belgium)
'Beteken II', Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (Belgium)
'Bruegel Revisited', National Botanical Garden of Belgium, Meise (Belgium)
'Gamezone', deSingel, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Victorian Circus II', De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 

2005
'Art in the Air', Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, New Brunswick (Canada)
'Artefact Festival', STUK, Leuven (Belgium)
'De lichte kamer', Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent (Belgium)
'Hot Re-Strike', Warande, Turnhout (Belgium)
Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk (Belgium)
'Overschilderen', STUK, Leuven (Belgium)
Schuurlo, Sint-Maria-Aalter (Belgium)
'Speelhoven', Aarschot (Belgium)
'[SUB-liminal] Festival', Beursschouwburg, Brussels (Belgium) 

2004
Atomium, Brussels (Belgium)
'Beeldenstorm 2004', Kortrijk (Belgium)
'East-Flanders Provincial Prize for Visual Art', Caermersklooster, Ghent (Belgium)
'Materiële weerbarstigheid', Lokaal 01, Breda (Netherlands)
'This Place is Dreaming', Argos, Brussels (Belgium)
W139, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Z33, Hasselt (Belgium) 

 

Lectures (selection) 

2009
AKI, Enschede (Netherlands)
C-Base, Berlin (Germany)
CC De Ster, Willebroek (Belgium)
ESA MELLiSSA, Mol (Belgium)
Kaaitheater, Brussels (Belgium)
KATHO-IPSOC, Kortrijk (Belgium)
Midtown Brews, Cleveland, Ohio (US)
Pecha Kucha Night, Brussels (Belgium)
University of Twente, Enschede (Netherlands)
UPOU, Los Baños (Philippines) 

2008
Antwerp Book Fair, Antwerp (Belgium)
Arminius, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Asian Center, Manila (Philippines)
CROSSTALKS, Brussels (Belgium)
De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila (Philippines)
HISK, Ghent (Belgium)
iMAL, Brussels (Belgium)
ISEA2008, Singapore (Singapore)
Mag:net, Manila, (Philippines)
Mejan Labs, Stockholm (Sweden)
Melkweg, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Ohio University, Athens, OH (US)
Pecha Kucha Night, Brussels (Belgium)
PICNIC 2008, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Penn State University, PA (US)
Recyclart, Brussels (Belgium)
Studium Generale, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (US)
University of the Philippines Open University, Los Banos (Philippines)
WARP, Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)
Z33, Hasselt (Belgium) 

2007
Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University, Athens, OH (US)
Academy of Fine Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania)
AKI Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Enschede (Netherlands)
Budascoop, Kortrijk (Belgium)
De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Clermont Communauté, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Erasmushogeschool, Departement RITS, Brussels (Belgium)
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn (Estonia)
Goldsmiths, University of London, London (UK)
HISK, Ghent (Belgium)
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, Brussels (Belgium)
iMAL, Brussels (Belgium)
Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds (UK)
Leerstoel Karel Geirlandt, Gent (Belgium)
School of Theater, Ohio University, Athens, OH (US)
Sint-Lucas Visual Arts, Ghent (Belgium)
University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz (Austria)
ZKM/Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe (Germany) 

2006
De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
deSingel, Antwerpen (Belgium)
iMAL, Brussels (Belgium)
ISEA2006, San Jose, CA (USA)
Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Transmedia, Brussels (Belgium)
University of Leuven, Leuven (Belgium)
Vooruit, Ghent (Belgium) 

 

Bibliography (selection) 

Blackburn, L. & Vermeulen, A. Drumlander. In: Achtergrond, June 2006, pp. 32-33.
Blackburn, L. & Vermeulen, A. Frigidaire in a snake. In: Cichocki, S. et al. (eds). Instructions for beginners and advanced players. Manualcc. [Exhibition catalogue.] Kronika, Rynek, pp. 42-43.
Debatty, R. A living game computer as social structure.
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/009779.php, 15 October 2007.
Debatty, R. Interview with Angelo Vermeulen.
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/009350.php, 19 February 2007.
Heinichen, K. Exhibit balances plant life and gaming. In: The Athens Messenger, 13 January 2008.
Hemmings, J. Inspiration in the simplicity of nature. In: Future Materials, 2007, November, pp. 18-20.
Huybrechts, L. (ed.) CROSS-over. Kunst, media en technologie in Vlaanderen. LannooCampus, Tielt, pp. 224.
Linder, L. Återhämtning. Människa och natur i nya, uppfriskande konstellationer. [In Swedish.] In: Dagens Nyheter, 22 May 2008
Majcher, K. Artwork turns computer gamers into green-thumbed sculptors. In: The Athens NEWS, 14 January 2008.
Milton, K. Interview Dr. Katherine Milton and Angelo Vermeulen. In: N.N. Artes Digitales. BUDA Arts Centre, Kortrijk, 2007.
N.N. Interview with Angelo Vermeulen. In: FRONTFORYOU, 2007, nr. 9, pp. 72-73.
Resseler, Y. Angelo Vermeulen. Conversation avec Yvonne Resseler. [In French and Dutch.] Editions Tandem, Gerpinnes, 2008, 154 pp.
Stevenheydens, I. Denkmachines tussen kunst, wetenschap en pop. [In Dutch.] In: Muziek en woord, 2006, nr. 383, pp. 7-8.
Stevenheydens, I. Games zijn extreem zintuiglijk. [In Dutch.] In: Etcetera, 2006, nr. 100, pp. 53-57.
Swinnen, J. De lichte kamer. De onverborgen fotografie. Garant, Antwerp, 2005, pp. 49.
Van den Braembussche, A. & Vermeulen, A. Baudelaire in Cyberspace. Dialogen over kunst, wetenschap en digitale cultuur. ASP, Brussels, 2008, pp. 262.
Vermeulen, A. Biomodd. A living game computer as social sculpture. In: N.N. Mission re.sonance 007. Sonance.artistic.network, Vienna, 2007, pp.110-111.
Vermeulen, A. Fluxus racing game (FoAM mod). In: Wijnants, M. & Engelen, S. (eds). Brave New Interfaces. VUBPRESS, Brussels, 2007, pp. 166-179.
Vermeulen, A. Mission failed: enkele bedenkingen over de aard en toekomstperspectieven van computer games. In: N.N. Gamezone deSingel. Villanella/deSingel, Antwerp, 2006.
Watson, S. Interactive art exhibit brings algae, computers, people together. In: The Post, 9 January 2008.
Wynants, M. The world out there. A conversation between Luc De Meester and Angelo Vermeulen. In: Janus, 2004, nr. 17, pp. 33-37.